tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post3749003129822940035..comments2017-12-12T14:24:15.796-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Clearing the Brush in Northwest PassageJ. L. Bellnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-36869892495680314702009-03-27T18:25:00.000-05:002009-03-27T18:25:00.000-05:00Ah,yes,Canadians.......that explains it...Ah,yes,Canadians.......that explains it...Bostoniannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-89186744079025080052009-03-27T18:20:00.000-05:002009-03-27T18:20:00.000-05:00This comic is much younger than the Bicentennial, ...This comic is much younger than the Bicentennial, so I think the influence went the other way, if anything. But since it's Canadian, the blame may lie with their own mountain-man reenactors.<BR/><BR/>As someone with nineteenth-century facial hair myself, I can't blame people for being attached to it. But that doesn't mean it's appropriate for reenacting the eighteenth.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-67995656188570822142009-03-27T15:35:00.000-05:002009-03-27T15:35:00.000-05:00Given the large number of hairy-faced reenactors o...Given the large number of hairy-faced reenactors out there,can we assume that this comic series was very popular during the Bicentennial era as well ?<BR/> This needs to be seriously addressed within the "historical"community.<BR/> Pvt.BillPvt.Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-28593553592835291782009-03-23T06:03:00.000-05:002009-03-23T06:03:00.000-05:00Rob -I actually wrote a piece on the history of be...Rob -<BR/><BR/>I actually wrote a piece on the history of beards, although it's mostly just a summary.<BR/><BR/>It's not just America, but it does explain why they're not popular now.<BR/>http://www.rifle-fire.com/2006/03/beard.phpRobert S. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208771657848284055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-8023677079704779482009-03-22T19:15:00.000-05:002009-03-22T19:15:00.000-05:00Yes, but it’s not as if we lack portraits of eight...Yes, but it’s not as if we lack portraits of eighteenth-century British gentlemen in North America to guide us. We even have portraits of men who managed frontier trading posts, such as <A HREF="http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/j/swj.html" REL="nofollow">Sir William Johnson</A>.<BR/><BR/>It’s notable that all American Presidents born before the Revolution were clean-shaven. (John Quincy Adams’s sideburns grew prominent after he had left the presidency.)J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-62289838029537185762009-03-22T17:22:00.000-05:002009-03-22T17:22:00.000-05:00Typically, these sorts of representations aren't b...Typically, these sorts of representations aren't based on real research but on what a person (be it the creator or the intended audience) expects the period to look like.<BR/><BR/>I firmly believe a history of facial hair on the United States should be written!Rob Velellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284492589098267999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-75768080687347389852009-03-22T13:04:00.000-05:002009-03-22T13:04:00.000-05:00Probably the rules were looser for sailors at sea,...Probably the rules were looser for sailors at sea, but there’s evidence for barbering at sea in this time: Olaudah Equiano started to learn the trade while he was a sailor on board ship. And as soon as sailors reached port, they probably groomed themselves according to the prevailing style.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-54324859796815622412009-03-22T08:59:00.000-05:002009-03-22T08:59:00.000-05:00If I had to shave for reenactment, these comic boo...If I had to shave for reenactment, these comic book characters should, too!<BR/><BR/>Also, I'm curious about beards and sailors. It seems like they had some looser facial hair rules, at least while out on sea, but you'd know better than I would.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I don't think I'd want to use a razor on a rocking, bouncing ship.Robert S. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208771657848284055noreply@blogger.com